CIVIC Now Freedom For Immigrants
The California-based non-profit is changing its name to Freedom for Immigrants to better reflect its mission to free all people from the bonds of immigration detention.
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Stephanie Gibbs of Safe Passage Project Featured on Podcast
Stephanie Gibbs of Safe Passage Project, as well as Irma Solis from NYCLU, speak about how the Department of Justice, ICE, and the local police are violating due process of immigrant children on the podcast "Pod Save the People." Listen
Gina Clayton and Essie Justice Group in Vogue
Gina Clayton and her colleagues at Essie Justice Group were highlighted in Vogue for their fight to reform the Criminal Justice system. Read the full article: A Matter of Justice
Founders of CIVIC Recieve Leadership Award
Christina Fialho and Christina Mansfield, founders of Social Justice grantee CIVIC, were recently awarded The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their work to end isolation and create human conditions for immigrants in detention centers. Click here to read more:
Land Art Generator Initiative Case Study for ArtPlace America Report
Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has been included in ArtPlace America's recent report as a case study. Click here to read the report: Farther, Faster, Together: How Arts and Culture Can Accelerate Environmental Progress.
Esq. Apprentice Featured on The Root
Esq. Apprentice, 2017 JMK Innovation Prize awardee, was recently featured on The Root. Click here to watch the video: These Future Attorneys Are Skipping Law School
David Muhammed on Youth Justice
David Muhammed, a 2017 JMK Innovation Prize Awardee, writes about the desperately needed paradigm shift in the administration of youth justice in Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Click here to read more: Local Restorative Justice Could Be Best Kind of Diversion
Brandon Dennison Named West Virginian of the Year
Brandon Dennison, one of the Fund's 2015 JMK Innovation Prize awardees, was named WV Living's West Virginian of the Year. Read the whole article here: Revisioning Appalachia
Grantee Bob Libal Named 15 People Changing the Nonprofit World
Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership, one of our recent Social Justice Grantees, was named one of the "15 More People Changing the Nonprofit World" by Philanthropy.com. Read the full article here: 15 More People Changing the Nonprofit World
Op-Ed About 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize in Chronicle of Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy published Peter Davidson and Amy Freitag's op-ed that reflects upon the role of the Prize in the Fund's grantmaking, especially within this political climate. Read more here:The Power of Social Enterprise and Grass-Roots Decision Making: Lessons